[Game Thread] Chapter 8: Hang and Haul Together, Away-i-oh

[ptwiddle]

Fela, getting drawn in The rest of the party's kind words about her seem to much, and make Fela blush and exude a "please stop" aura until Bingle calls her a rude motormouth and then a strangled gurgling escapes. 'Blunt instrument' was one thing coming from Gellan, but getting similar from Bingle? When Vorn calls Fela back from making the trip to the Glimmersea, Fela is glad to not need an excuse to avoid going with the dragon to where things there's apparently even worse, treaties and wards all fine and dandy but only so reassuring. But when he follows it up by asking her to get closer and speaks of delicacy she thinks maybe Tempest is getting the better end of this deal, going where the dangers are obvious and stabbable. Vorn had been making such a big deal of it all that it's a woosh of release and relief when Fela figures out what's going on here. Vorn is a horse-girl. Running in noble circles, Fela had known plenty of them. Girls whose whole identities were built around stables, usually a single beloved horse. It didn't have to be girls -- of course not! But it tended to. And it didn't have to be horses -- being a Watcher, she knew plenty of griffon-girls, and Vorn here showed other cultures had wilder variations on it. She never understood it herself; mounts were useful, yes, some had a certain beauty, but they were lots of work and smelled funny and honestly it seemed like the obsession was largely a place to channel sexual energy, and while she'd be the first to admit she had plenty of issues along that front, she couldn't see how bringing horses (or griffons, or eel-dragons) into the mix was going to make anything better. Her eyes and nostrils go wide as she realizes, but that's all -- she claims up, desperately trying to think it through and listen to the details at the same time. It cost them a thousand gold just for the information he'd given them. A ship and crew, transport for a ship back up to the surface -- it's clear that Vorn is offering them a lot, and honestly Fela's not sure how they'd pay for everything without accepting the deal. Giving him Ketterman Barley's ship might not come close to covering it. And it would have to be a lot -- because just traveling with that thing (Nithe, she should get used to the name or she'd piss Vorn off) would be enough work, much less finding it a relatively safe place to settle. Fela's gut instinct was "no, absolutely not, are you insane?" How much devastation would this thing -- errr, Nithe -- wreak up above without Vorn and his mother to keep it under wraps. When could she spare the time, anyway? They were in a race to save Saltmarsh, from the Eye, from Nexa -- her brother and the Watchers as a whole were in trouble, and she's sure she's forgetting something else she's supposed to do. Slurrybird's bargain seemed like a simple market trip compared to this and that had gone out the window at nearly the first opportunity. But she finds herself finding reasons it wouldn't be so bad. Assuming it didn't kill them it immediately, it (Nithe, Nithe!) would presumably be useful in a fight, which they'd be sure to break out. They could find a place for it -- Falco and Tempest would surely know some deserted island that'd be safe to deposit it, and she personally knew a recently vacated dragon lair, complete with underwater entrance and local worshipful tribe of lizardfolk -- if Nithe didn't fit in there, Othokent might have ideas anyway. And Tempest seemed to be interested in it and getting on ok with it, and -- and then she realizes why she's trying to say "yes". It's not about her, but the party, or parts of it. Fela didn't want to ponder Tempest's reaction if she learned they had an opportunity to save Nithe and passed it up. And Falco -- they were so close to the Dusk Maiden, his driving force for all of it. How were they going to find that if she didn't say "yes" to this? "I...it...Nithe isn't evil, is it? Just a dragon? It's a lot that you ask, and I have many obligations already. But I don't know how we're going to get the The Dusk Maiden back without your help. Our ship still up above, you won't let any harm come to it or its crew in the meantime? And your ship and crew will be ready to leave quickly -- how long behind the Dusk Maiden are we, anyway? I don't know that I have a choice but to take this up -- though a vow is a vow. But just -- I'm young, I don't know much about love. But if you feel so strongly for Nithe -- maybe come with it, with us? Why can't you leave? I am all too aware with the -- importance, the weight -- of familial duty. But even I am learning it has it's limits..."

Actions, etc. Aura of Protection: +4 to saves for Fela and any friendlies within 10'   CHARACTER SHEET HP: 52/52 AC:In Chain Mail, with/without Shield16 or 18 Spells: Fey-Touched: Charm: 1/Per Long Rest1 | Misty Step: 0/Per Long Rest1 Level 1: 2/4 Prepared: Alarm, Bless, Charm Person, Command, Compelled Duel, Detect Magic, Divine Favor Level 2: 1/2 Prepared: Locate Object, Misty Step, Moonbeam, Prayer of Healing, See Invisibility, Zone of Truth Lay on Hands: 30/Per Long Rest30 As an action, you can detect good and evil. Until the end of your next turn, you can sense anything affected by the hallow spell or know the location of any celestial, fiend, undead within 60 ft. that is not behind total cover.Divine Sense: 2/Per Long Rest5 Channel Divinity: 1/Per Short Rest1 You can use your Channel Divinity to invest your presence with the warding power of your faith. As an action, you can choose a number of creatures you can see within 30 feet of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one creature). For 1 minute, you and the chosen creatures have advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.Watcher’s Will You can use your Channel Divinity to castigate unworldly beings. As an action, you present your holy symbol and each aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend within 30 feet of you that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage. A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly end its move in a space within 30 feet of you. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can take the Dodge action.Abjure the Extraplanar You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your spells. As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level of which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus (rounded up). The number of times you can use this feature is based on the level you’ve reached in this class: 3rd level, once; 7th level, twice; and 15th level, thrice. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.Harness Divine Power Attuned: Shield of Missile Attraction DM Inspiration: NO Heal Potions: 1, from Tumble Carrying: Drunkard’s map, 1x Nyssa's Can keep watch all long restWatchdogwood Petals, 1x Granny Peth's Beast Befriender's Fluid, Shield of Missile Attraction, +1 Springer Sword Pearl's calling card, Make a ranged attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d8 poison damage and must make a DC14 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it is also poisoned. It can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns.Dragon gas bomb, Turtle Distractimal Ricardt, the Retainer: HP: 12/12 AC: 10 Hide+10 Maude, the Marsh Tacky: HP: 13/13 DC 16 Animal Handling check, once per dayLoyalty checks (here)1/3

[AnotherDragoon]

T' pluck a feather Falco smiles a vulpine grin when Vorn says he can pick 'imself a pirate what came offa 'is ship. He imagines findin' Cinderrabbit an' what he might do. Feed 'im t' th' dragon, startin' with th' toes? Make 'im into a new figurehead? Or jus' leave 'im t' toil away in th' Underdark fer th' rest o' 'is short life. But, he knows he won't be findin' th' wicked captain because Hin be lucky. Especially th' bad ones. But he'll take th' most scared lookin' rat they got an' make 'im spill 'is guts, one way or th' other. He were too close t' hold back now. "Thank ye, Lord Vorn," Falco said with a small bow. "I won't be forgettin' this." Then, he turned an' jogged t'ward Gary. "What d'ye think, any o' 'em seem talky?" He's already got th' questions ready t' fire off. What's this weddin', who's Th' Eye, Where's Cinderrabbit, an' how'd they like 'is mentor, Garrick? Before they stood before th' captives, Falco drew 'is sickle. "Now then," he said in 'is most ruthless pirate voice, "Who wants t' go quick, an' who wants t' suffer?" His grin were feral, almost like Felice's during th' harbor fight, an' 'is eyes were wide with mania as he strode in t' Insight: 15take a look at th' crew what took so much from 'im.

Mechanics Drink Counter: 0/3   here   Saving Throws: Free Action: Move: Action: Insight on pirates (who looks scared or hopeful): 15 Reaction: Bonus Action: Condition: Cosmic Omen: Woe X2, Concentrating:   Halfling︱Druid Falco Goldenbairn HP: 45/45 AC: 12 Spells: DC: 15 Level 1: [ ][ ][ ][ ] Level 2: [X][X][ ] Level 3: [ ][ ] Wild Shape: [X][ ] Attuned: House's Whistle, Moon Sickle DM Inspiration: None Potions: 1 bottle of Granny Peth’s Nervous Drops, 1 2d4+2 HPPotion of Healing, 4 Potions of Alter Self (8 hours) Carrying for party: A simple wooden band that appears to be entwined by evergreen ivy vines. The top is decorated with a small rose petal, which remains bloomed and perfect until the ring's effect is used. The petal may be expended to heal a target the wearer can touch by 2d4+2 hit points. Once used, the rose petal wilts and falls off the ring, but each day at dawn the petal blooms and can be used again. It doesn’t require attunement.Band of the Dryad ; One letter stamped with a stargazing rabbit; one paper with signal notes; 1,223 gold, 30 silver, and 6 copper; a Hag's purse, a red velvet rat-pouch; 1 chairfart; Pipe of Rememberence, House's Whistle, 1 green diamond worth about 300 gold, 1 red feather pendant, 1 temporary red feather tattoo (3 days), 1 Dragon Gas Bomb, Kreb's keyring, a small wooden box with a portable hole, a letter, a pair of Dimensional Shackles, 1 Good for use intown or swamp, single use on a monster or NPC targeted creature will follow the Distractimal away in the direction you specify for d6 rounds. This effect is broken if the creature is harmed by the party. Multiple creatures in a room may be targeted and will spend 1 round gathered around it questioning, allowing you to sneak past a doorway or cavern entrance with no stealth roll.Beetle Distractimal   Recipes known (Herbalism): Potion Ingredient When you expend hit dice to recover hit points while using this salve, you recover an additional 3 hit points for each hit die expended. This effect lasts for 1 hour after applied.Soothing Salve Sourgrass You regain 2d4 + 2 hit points when you drink this potion. The potion's red liquid glimmers when agitated. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs.Potion of Healing Red Amanita Mushroom A creature that drinks this vial of liquid gains advantage on saving throws against poison for 1 hour. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs.Antitoxin Rowan Berries   Ingredients carried: 2 Red Amanita Mushrooms Herbalist advantage on the following checks: * Your knowledge of nature and uses of herbs can add insight to your magical studies that deal with plant creatures and your attempts to identify potions.Arcana * When you inspect an area overgrown with plants, your proficiency bonus can help you pick out details and clues that others might miss.Investigation * Your mastery of herbalism improves your ability to treat illnesses and wounds by augmenting your methods of care with medicinal plants.Medicine * You can identify most plants with a quick inspection of their appearance, smell, and their surrounding environment.Nature and Survival

[PlaidPeregrine]

An Eel Dragon's Adventure Tempest did not have to be asked twice to be convinced to go down a pitch-dark tunnel that didn't look overly maneuverable by an Eel Dragon that moments ago was cranky and pouting at her - but who doesn't get that way once in a while, especially when you're young? The Siren bobbed her head at Nithe and commented. "You could always convince a Human to throw rabbits into the ocean for you, or sometimes they can be found on ships being transported. I've sunken ships that had long-horned goats on them before, and you would probably have to remove their head first before digesting it, though if you were able to eat a Bugbear, you could eat it legs first, without a doubt." The Siren was now enjoying herself, even if Nithe lied, he was learning to tell grand stories as a Dragon ought to. It was strange to hear Vorn's invitation to go swimming with Nithe; his attention turned to them once again. Tempest bristled at the usage of calling [u]Him[/iu] an "IT". Was it a mistake of the Drow's? Did he consider his friend a creature? It didn't quite add up. With a curt, polite nod to Vorn, she said with a grin on her lips. "If anyone else is going, I will tow you with a rope if you so desire." She dragged the metal chair over to the tank, and positioned her just right so she could climb into the tank. "Thank you, amazing Nithe for allowing me into your territory. I will be fully respectful and bask in your greatness of knowing this Glimmersea. Are there big round moon snails in this sea of yours? I would like to chew on one if the taste is pleasing. The sour ones are alway so refreshing." One leg is in the tank now as the Siren is tentative to …go into a tank, which is the same as a CAGE, and as much fun as she believed she was going to have, what if she returned and Vorn was selling her to someone? No. No. He seemed more Lordly than that. And Fela was there and everyone was doing something to prepare for ship hunting. "Well, my FRIENDS and beloved, respected companions, I am away! Anyone else?" Tempest looked hopeful, excited, and a wee bit nervous as her foot dangled in the water. OH how the water felt so good to be in, even partially. It's been way too long. If anyone was diving in with her, she'd do the rope-pull. Her last words to everyone was. "I'll be back soon! We can take care of ourselves, so do not leave without me or finding my body….Because there is much to accomplish! Many to battle, right Fela Markwig Springer? Yes, battle ahead …sisters-in-arms!" She bowed her head to eye the hatch, looking at the dimensions and darkness. Bravely, she set her other leg in the tank-cell and dove under the surface, beautiful blue tail shimmering upwards with a splash before heading into the unknown, alone or with company.

Stat Block   Tempest Chaotic Good | Siren | Tempest Cleric of Aerdrie Faenya | Level 6 HP: 45/45 | AC (15) with Shield (17) Initiative: +1 | Darkvision | Acid Resistance Weapons: +5 to Hit / Damage: 1d6+2 (1 handed or thrown) or 1d8+2 (2 handed)Trident +1 | +4 Attack / 1d4+1 DamageDagger | (3/3)+4 Attack / Damage: 1d6+1 Damage)Javelins Spells: +3 Modifier | Spell Attack +6 | Save DC 14 Level 1 Left: 4/4 | Level 2 Left: 1/3 | Level 3 Left: 1/3 Cleric Spells Cast: Gust of Wind (Lvl 2), Water Walk (ritual), Spiritual Guardians (3rd), Spiritual Weapon (2nd), Sending (3rd) Cantrips: Acid Splash, Mending, Spare the Dying, Toll the Dead, Word of Radiance Divine Tempest Magic: When a creature within 5 ft. that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to cause the creature to make a DEX saving throw (DC 14 or it takes 2d8 lightning or thunder damage (your choice), half damage on success).Wrath of the Storm: Remaining: 2/3 (per Long Rest) | Channel Divinity, twice per short rest, 2/2] Destroy Undead or Destructive Wrath. Divine Domain Feature: Thunderbolt Strike - At 6th level, when you deal lightning damage to a Large or smaller creature, you can also push it up to 10 feet away from you. Siren Spells Once Per Long Rest: Create or Destroy Water, Water Walk | Other Stuff/Notes: [color=magenta][b][tt=Kissed by Creativity - Last one spent. No more left. [hr][/hr]Magic Items Prayer Beads: (1) Wind Walking, (1) Smiting, (2) Cure Wounds (2nd level) or Lesser Restoration, (1) Blessing Potions: Polymorph (1)

Actions & Movement   Turn Summary Initiative: Move: Moving with a tail! Reaction: Action: Following the Eel Dragon - down the hatch. Pulling anyone else along with a rope. Bonus Action: Conditions: Concentrating: Object Interaction: Other:

[lostcheerio]

Bingle Curiosa Wildwander, Forest Gnome Wizard/Warlock The Glimmersea sounds much much better than the regular sea. And an ocean tunnel? Well that's kind of like an underwater burrow, which is completely fine and normal. She says to Pozzik, "Much as I would like to stay here with you and study alchemy and do artificing, I need to go with Tempest and study dragon eels and do swimming." Someone needs to go with Tempest! Someone needs to stay here and watch over Fela! Someone needs to go with Falco and interview pirates! Look, Bingle is just one good, knid gril, seven miles underwater in a nat tarp, and can only accomplish one thing at a time. Meanwhile Banx doesn't want to go anywhere. The books are here and not in the tunnel, so this is where Banx wants to be. Fine. He can stay near Fela. Gary is going with Falco, which is probably for the best, because Gary will see that Falco is also good and knid, and Gary needs to trust all of them if he's going to be lirebated. She hates to take Harlan away from Pozzik, especially when Harlan has just got the goblin hair all situated and nested up and is comfortable. So, she politely accepts a bubble hat from Pozzik, and asks Tempest if she can just ride on her shoulders like a backpack, which will make Tempest much less elegant and aerodynamic when she dives into the tank, but it's how Bingle feels safe. She calls her little fireflies, giving them each small fins and flippers rather than wings. She wraps her arms around Tempest's neck and her legs around her torso, digging in her heels between two conveniently located ribs, and engaging the bubble hat she says to the dragon, "Let's go!"

ۜ\(סּںסּَ` )/ۜ   OOC: Initiative: Saving Throw: Move: Action: Cast Dancing Lights so she can see better. Dice Perception: d20+1 (2)+1 Total = 3 Bonus Action: Reaction: Free Action: Concentrating: Harlan's Action: Stay by Pozzik.

ۜ\(ಠ_ಠ)/ۜ   Bingle Wildwander Forest Gnome Wizard 5, School of Transmutation. Warlock 1, Pact of the Fiend. Folk Hero Att Mod Save Str 11 +0 +0 Dex 11 +0 +0 Con 14 +2 +2 Int 18 +4 +7 Wis 12 +1 +4 Cha 12 +1 +1 Adv vs. Magic for INT, WIS, CHA Sheet Passive Per. 11 Passive Inv. 17 Passive Ins. 14 HP 39/39 AC (13 MA) 10 Inspiration No Heal Potions 1 Initiative +0 Pro Bonus +3 Walking Speed 25 Defenses None Wiz DC/Att 15/+7 War DC/Att 12/+4 Spell Slots 1st:3/4 Pact 1/1 2nd:2/3 3rd:1/2 Cantrips Create Bonfire Dancing Lights Mage Hand Message Minor Illusion Eldritch Blast Prestidigitation Spells: 1 Find Familiar (Rit) 1 Identify (Rit) 1 Mage Armor 1 Magic Missile 1 T's Floating D (Rit) 1 Hex (BA) 1 Hellish Rebuke (Rea) 2 Alter Self 2 Invisibility 2 Misty Step 2 Max's Earthen Grasp 2 Magic Mouth (Rit) 3 Animate Dead 3 Haste 3 Fly 3 Tiny Hut (Rit) 3 Water Breathe (Rit) Key Skills ⦿Animal Handling +4 Arcana +4 Deception +1 History +4 ⦿Insight +4 Intimidation +1 ⦿Investigation +7 Medicine +1 Nature +4 Perception +1 Performance +1 Persuasion +1 Religion +4 ⦿Survival +4 Wizard Features [ ] Arcane Recovery Minor Alchemy Warlock Features Pact Patron: Glasya When you reduce a hostile creature to 0 HP, you gain 2 temp HP.Dark One's Blessing Mask of Many Faces Gnome Features Darkvision You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.Gnome Cunning You can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts.Speak with Small Beasts Languages Common Gnomish Money 6 copper 12 silver 511 gold 13 plat 3 mixed coin Carrying Gas Bomb 2 Oil of Slipperiness Attuned Ring of Wild Fey Magic

[Fillyjonk]

Vorn is a Horse Girl "I...it...Nithe isn't evil, is it? Just a dragon? It’s not evil. It’s just a dragon. You realize that, careful as you are being, he has only said the dragon’s name when directly addressing it. In talking to you, he has used “it,” and talked about his creature. So will he care how you refer to it, uh, him? You are not not most insightful in the party, so perhaps your only take-away is, Drow are not like humans. True enough. He is not even much like the upworld elves you have known, and those elves are weird as hell. Whatever this drow means by love, it is not what you mean. It's a lot that you ask, and I have many obligations already. But I don't know how we're going to get the The Dusk Maiden back without your help. Our ship still up above, you won't let any harm come to it or its crew in the meantime? I have no control over that. I can turn the Ant Trap off, if you think they will blunder into it. Or you can send them into it, and I can bring them here where I can guarantee their safety as you get your other ship---providing you make the holy vow to me. Of course, you would have to pay to get that second ship back up. That’s five thousand gold.this is not a BAD price, for a place not in a naval war. Likee what the dealer might offer if they plan to resell. Or you could sell it to me for ten thousand. Cash. And your ship and crew will be ready to leave quickly -- how long behind the Dusk Maiden are we, anyway? The clipper can leave any time. You are most of a day behind, but the clipper is light, small—faster. I don't know that I have a choice but to take this up -- though a vow is a vow. But just -- I'm young, I don't know much about love. But if you feel so strongly for Nithe -- maybe come with it, with us? Why can't you leave? I am all too aware with the -- importance, the weight -- of familial duty. But even I am learning it has it's limits..." He gives you a long, level stare. The spiders flanking you move in a little, up a little, so the way up the stairs to him would be too narrow for you. They click and whir, lenses turning to inspect you. Then he says , very softly, It is not—possible. For me to leave the Ant Trap. -- POZZIK! Pop! There is the goblin, Bingle's bird nested very smug and puffed on his head. Did you learn of vows? Pozzik has a Paladins for Dummiesbig fat book open, and he says, Lady, put your hand on your holy symbol, or a holy book, and repeat after me---I Fela… Paladin of the sun god…Swear a holy vow… upon my faith… and her name… He pauses after every three or four words for you to repeat, as if this were a wedding vow. If you place your hand on your Symbol (or SO Says Saliber), and repeat it, the rest of the vow goes like this: …that if I do the favor Lord Vorn has asked of me today, then his intentions toward me will remain ever good, and he will pay me fairly with the services he promised. But if I break this vow while he holds his end tight, then may my god forsake me utterly.

Spider Ride Falco, Gary Gonme has not yet finished fixing the spider—you guys borked it pretty good!—but he will pause and let you get into the Tool-Hand where Bingle and Banx rode, and clip in, and OFF. YOU. GO. By now, your Dark Vision has failed, but this deep, outside Lord Vorn’s control center, the strange living energy gives light. The spider has the top down, and it is exhilarating, rushing along the underside of the stairs to a landing that is lower still, and another door, opposite Vorn’s. In you go, annd it is pitch, until Gary turns on the Spider’s lights, dim and small like fairy lights, outlining all its legs and bulbous middle, so that he is a constellation much like you. It scoots down a long curving hall that spirals down and down, past heavy, iron doors. Nine of them, all at least fifty feet apart, and you go to the ninth. Gary opens it, that same sliding automation. It was pitch in there, annd when the spider’s light spills though, a cacophony of angry voices holler up from below. They fuss curses and demands to be released, vengeance is sworn, etc. and the spider idles. If you get out and go through the door, you are on a platform high above a narrow pit, where a dozen pirates huddle miserably and furiously on a bare stone floor. They are filthy and blinking. You ask your question, and they answer with screamed invective, threats, and vows to tell you nothing, even under torture. But three of the dozen - a half-elf, a human, a dwarf -- seem less vehement Even at this distance, with your good insight, you think these three would take the offer. They won’t say so out loud as the other nine would fall upon them instantly, but they howl stuff like, I would much rather be worked to a grinding death in the mines than, um, tell you things I know. What one do you want? Gary asks.

An Outside View of Teh Nat Tarp Tempest if you knew what a dog door was, you would know that you were using one. The hatch leads into a smooth tunnel, only a little wider than Nithe. But he won’t get much wider, you know. He will get loooooonger, and his grippy little front fins may get “handier,” depending on his lineage. The tunnel appears to be stone, but you can see in the light of Bingle’s little flies that it is worn smooth from all of his passing in and out, and surely, for stone, that would take longer. If you touch the walls, they are almost spongy, and upsettingly warm. Nithe doesn't know what a moon snail is, and even his concept of MOON is sketchy. You come out under the Ant Trap, far on one side, into cold salt water. It is weirdly still. No tides down here. No moon! But there are faint circular current happening from the funnel. He takes you along the edge for a little, enough for you to understand that it is BIG, like the size of your father's island. Bingle, clinging to your back, would be left behind if she wasn't with you. You see little life, except for those strange white-blind fishes you saw in the funnel, and they scatter in terror before him. He eats a few casually, if they are too slow, and talks in a gargle underwater with his mouth full. Bingle, Teh Nat Tarp FOLATS. Not stone, not at all. Something porous, but very durable. You are a gnome and a wizard, and you understand it in those terms, like a giant giant Tenser's floating Mushroom. Fungus, for sure. It is secured to the bottom, which is very very far below, too far too see, by long thick chains that stretch down into the darkness. You can see there is apparatus for pulling them up. You cannot go out from under the Ant Trap. There is a great churning, great blades and paddles whirring, making the funnel that stretches up around it. But inside, under, it is pretty still. Nithe turns toward the center, and swims to an opening, another tube, wider, and it leads up into come caves hollowed out under, water filled. Here! Here there is life. Strange fish and crustaceans, colorful, blinking in the light of your firefish. Nithe doesn't eat these, you see. They come close to him, unafraid. The orange ones work to clean him, and they want to clean you and Tempest, too. They even go right in his mouth and clean his teeth. THEY WANT TO GO RIGHT IN YOUR MOUTH AND CLEAN YOURS, nose bumping into the bubble. To one side is a pile of gold and gewgaws, shoved haphazardly under a rock. He grabs two things at random, one for the Siren, and one for you, and flips them over to you. OOC Each of you can roll a d100 to see what you get from his horde. Mostly nonsense but there are some goodies in this table! Make any rolls you want in terms of investigation, but be specific. If Tempest wants to try to eat the white blind fish, roll any dex skill, DC 12 to catch one.

[lostcheerio]

Bingle Curiosa Wildwander, Forest Gnome Wizard/Warlock Well, it's kind of neat to get cleaned by a beautiful fish, and sensory-seeking Bingle allows this and even in her mouth, opening it like gaaahh if the fish will come into the bubble hat or she can reach the edge of the bubble hat with her face. At least they can clean her fingers and it's like at home in the village when she and Jelbi or whoever would stick their feet into the larger pools in the creek and let the minnows clean their toes. But way more. Bingle enjoys the sights of the smaller things like fish and the large crayfish and such, and mostly tries not to look at or think about the gargantuan things like the Nat Tarp and how high it floats or where it's attached or how many miles away the sun is, because who in this life can understand things like that. Everyone tries, but no one can. Bingle is busy on an important job anyway. In her spellbook is a wondrous spell that comes later, that she doesn't understand perfectly yet. Griselda Erevyn talked to her about it briefly, even though she wouldn't have it for a long time, or maybe never. The spell is Polymorph. Using this spell, you can turn into something else, but you have to know what to turn into. For example, Bingle couldn't become a starving anaconda, even though she knew the word, because she didn't know what it really was, except metaphorically. If Bingle had stayed in the village she would have been able to turn into otters and wood thrushes and that's all great, but Griselda Erevyn said if she read a lot of book and traveled and paid attention she could become whatever she saw if she had enough power. So during this trip, her head is on a swivel, trying to take in as many species and sorts that she could. She bubbles out a grateful thanks for the trinket that Nithe offers, and asks the dragon (maybe through Tempest?) if she can please try to see as many types of creatures as possible and if there are any cool or weird ones or ferocious ones or magical ones, then those.

ۜ\(סּںסּَ` )/ۜ   OOC: DEE ONE HUNDREEED Dice Roll: d100 25 Initiative: Saving Throw: Move: Action: Maintain Dancing Lights so she can see. Dice Perception: d20+1 (10)+1 Total = 11 Dice Arcana on Nat Tarp: d20+4 (13)+4 Total = 17 Bonus Action: Reaction: Free Action: Concentrating: Harlan's Action: Stay by Pozzik.

ۜ\(ಠ_ಠ)/ۜ   Bingle Wildwander Forest Gnome Wizard 5, School of Transmutation. Warlock 1, Pact of the Fiend. Folk Hero Att Mod Save Str 11 +0 +0 Dex 11 +0 +0 Con 14 +2 +2 Int 18 +4 +7 Wis 12 +1 +4 Cha 12 +1 +1 Adv vs. Magic for INT, WIS, CHA Sheet Passive Per. 11 Passive Inv. 17 Passive Ins. 14 HP 39/39 AC (13 MA) 10 Inspiration No Heal Potions 1 Initiative +0 Pro Bonus +3 Walking Speed 25 Defenses None Wiz DC/Att 15/+7 War DC/Att 12/+4 Spell Slots 1st:3/4 Pact 1/1 2nd:2/3 3rd:1/2 Cantrips Create Bonfire Dancing Lights Mage Hand Message Minor Illusion Eldritch Blast Prestidigitation Spells: 1 Find Familiar (Rit) 1 Identify (Rit) 1 Mage Armor 1 Magic Missile 1 T's Floating D (Rit) 1 Hex (BA) 1 Hellish Rebuke (Rea) 2 Alter Self 2 Invisibility 2 Misty Step 2 Max's Earthen Grasp 2 Magic Mouth (Rit) 3 Animate Dead 3 Haste 3 Fly 3 Tiny Hut (Rit) 3 Water Breathe (Rit) Key Skills ⦿Animal Handling +4 Arcana +4 Deception +1 History +4 ⦿Insight +4 Intimidation +1 ⦿Investigation +7 Medicine +1 Nature +4 Perception +1 Performance +1 Persuasion +1 Religion +4 ⦿Survival +4 Wizard Features [ ] Arcane Recovery Minor Alchemy Warlock Features Pact Patron: Glasya When you reduce a hostile creature to 0 HP, you gain 2 temp HP.Dark One's Blessing Mask of Many Faces Gnome Features Darkvision You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.Gnome Cunning You can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts.Speak with Small Beasts Languages Common Gnomish Money 6 copper 12 silver 511 gold 13 plat 3 mixed coin Carrying Gas Bomb 2 Oil of Slipperiness Attuned Ring of Wild Fey Magic

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[AnotherDragoon]

Pickin' a personal pirate Falco found it fittin' th' Red Feathers was kept behind th' furthest door. Their furiously shouted greetin' an' impotent threats made 'is smile stretch jus' a bit further 'cross 'is face while their belligerent answer t' 'is question told 'im these we're definitely th' pirates what took th' Dusk Maiden. They were more afraid o' Cinderrabbit than their own slow an' ponderous deaths. "Ain't none of 'em really worth half a quipper's liver, are they?" He casually asked Gary Gonme. Th' druid put away 'in moonsickle an' turned around t' give 'em a minute t' think. An' panic. "Well, I could just buy 'em all anyway an' let me crew practice their spells. But, if'n they prefer t' die slaves, never again t' see th' stars or sun, then who be I t' deny 'em such an end?" Falco took two step t'ward th' door on bare feet, stopped, an' loudly sighed,"But, we'll still be needin' some bait." He turned on 'is heel an' contiunued, talkin' t' th' huddled pirates directly. "Not fer yer scourge o' a picaroon ye call a captain, I know he don't want ye back. We aim t' land a Siren." Falco pointed at th' grimiest half-elf he'd ever seen, "Ye look like a lively" (desperate) "one, good at thrashin'. Who knows, ye could get lucky. I hear they like t' keep pets sometimes." He laughed fer th' show but he were excited t' finally be within reach o' 'is ship again. O' all th' places, he never once expected t' find hope in th' deep beneath th' deep or th' Starless Sea.

Mechanics Drink Counter: 0/3     Saving Throws: Free Action: Move: Action: Reaction: Bonus Action: Condition: Cosmic Omen: Woe X2, Concentrating:   Halfling︱Druid Falco Goldenbairn HP: 45/45 AC: 12 Spells: DC: 15 Level 1: [ ][ ][ ][ ] Level 2: [X][X][ ] Level 3: [ ][ ] Wild Shape: [X][ ] Attuned: House's Whistle, Moon Sickle DM Inspiration: None Potions: 1 bottle of Granny Peth’s Nervous Drops, 1 2d4+2 HPPotion of Healing, 4 Potions of Alter Self (8 hours) Carrying for party: A simple wooden band that appears to be entwined by evergreen ivy vines. The top is decorated with a small rose petal, which remains bloomed and perfect until the ring's effect is used. The petal may be expended to heal a target the wearer can touch by 2d4+2 hit points. Once used, the rose petal wilts and falls off the ring, but each day at dawn the petal blooms and can be used again. It doesn’t require attunement.Band of the Dryad ; One letter stamped with a stargazing rabbit; one paper with signal notes; 1,223 gold, 30 silver, and 6 copper; a Hag's purse, a red velvet rat-pouch; 1 chairfart; Pipe of Rememberence, House's Whistle, 1 green diamond worth about 300 gold, 1 red feather pendant, 1 temporary red feather tattoo (3 days), 1 Dragon Gas Bomb, Kreb's keyring, a small wooden box with a portable hole, a letter, a pair of Dimensional Shackles, 1 Good for use intown or swamp, single use on a monster or NPC targeted creature will follow the Distractimal away in the direction you specify for d6 rounds. This effect is broken if the creature is harmed by the party. Multiple creatures in a room may be targeted and will spend 1 round gathered around it questioning, allowing you to sneak past a doorway or cavern entrance with no stealth roll.Beetle Distractimal   Recipes known (Herbalism): Potion Ingredient When you expend hit dice to recover hit points while using this salve, you recover an additional 3 hit points for each hit die expended. This effect lasts for 1 hour after applied.Soothing Salve Sourgrass You regain 2d4 + 2 hit points when you drink this potion. The potion's red liquid glimmers when agitated. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs.Potion of Healing Red Amanita Mushroom A creature that drinks this vial of liquid gains advantage on saving throws against poison for 1 hour. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs.Antitoxin Rowan Berries   Ingredients carried: 2 Red Amanita Mushrooms Herbalist advantage on the following checks: * Your knowledge of nature and uses of herbs can add insight to your magical studies that deal with plant creatures and your attempts to identify potions.Arcana * When you inspect an area overgrown with plants, your proficiency bonus can help you pick out details and clues that others might miss.Investigation * Your mastery of herbalism improves your ability to treat illnesses and wounds by augmenting your methods of care with medicinal plants.Medicine * You can identify most plants with a quick inspection of their appearance, smell, and their surrounding environment.Nature and Survival

[PlaidPeregrine]

Under Da (Glimmer)Sea… Ah! Bingle is holding onto Tempest's back and more than likely admiring the light, pearly cuirass as the Siren would expect. There are woven straps and the curve of the armor that are easy enough to hold onto as before. Her swimming is careful but quick through these tube-tunnels that are uncomfortably warm, especially when they ought to be cold for being so deep far, FAR beyond the sunlight. The give of the material, being like that of a sponge, was also a strange sensation to press against with her fingers. The Siren did not partake in the blind white fish, finding them odd and almost disturbing. The last thing Tempest wanted to be was sick, especially in front of an Eel Dragon AND Bingle. It was best to be 'polite' and not just grab someone's food in their territory. But, when they made it through the second tube, and the world became a lot more colorful thanks to Bingle's lights, Tempest smiled - allowing the darling little orange fish to clean her teeth. This was much better than chasing off fish and Mermaids to get her teeth cleaned by the bright red and white shrimp, though they were very good at their job with their little precise claws. Once she was feeling all clean, Tempest thanked Nithe in Aquan, and thanked him yet again for the bauble, swimming about his area and not getting close to his treasure rock. Her excitement at being somewhere even her mother probably has NEVER been to before makes her tail swish a bit more. "In my territory, there are many sunken ships to explore and find treasures in. There are always coins but I have no use for them. Oftentimes necklaces and gems of all colors can be found near a skeleton. So many boxes to break open, too. I bet you would have much fun and so much success, Nithe. There would be few to challenge one so glorious as yourself." Tempest was honest about that; what would challenge him? Saughin would more than likely fear or worship him, and Sea Elves would negotiate some sort of agreement. Listening to Bingle, Tempest lingered amongst the colorful fish, suspended in the water with slowly swishes of her beautiful striped blue tail. She nodded to her companion, and said in Aquan just in case Nithe could not make out what the Gnome was saying under her water-bag-breather. "Do you have creatures here that breathe both air and water? Or giant turtle dragons? Or …do you mind if I eat that little pink snail? Is it delicious?" Distracted by a delicate, possibly tart-flavored snail was not unusual for her. She returned her attention to Nithe quickly. "We would so enjoy seeing the strange creatures down here. Where I am from, we have long, noodle eels that are brilliant white with purple spots and markings. They live underneath, in holes, but pretend they are grass when they rise up to be seen. They make lovely little sounds, so I do not eat them. Others pretend to be rocks, but they are cranky, ill-mannered and usually poisonous. We would be honored by whatever you can show us that would not eat or poison us immediately."

Stat Block   Tempest Chaotic Good | Siren | Tempest Cleric of Aerdrie Faenya | Level 6 HP: 45/45 | AC (15) with Shield (17) Initiative: +1 | Darkvision | Acid Resistance Weapons: +5 to Hit / Damage: 1d6+2 (1 handed or thrown) or 1d8+2 (2 handed)Trident +1 | +4 Attack / 1d4+1 DamageDagger | (3/3)+4 Attack / Damage: 1d6+1 Damage)Javelins Spells: +3 Modifier | Spell Attack +6 | Save DC 14 Level 1 Left: 4/4 | Level 2 Left: 1/3 | Level 3 Left: 1/3 Cleric Spells Cast: Gust of Wind (Lvl 2), Water Walk (ritual), Spiritual Guardians (3rd), Spiritual Weapon (2nd), Sending (3rd) Cantrips: Acid Splash, Mending, Spare the Dying, Toll the Dead, Word of Radiance Divine Tempest Magic: When a creature within 5 ft. that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to cause the creature to make a DEX saving throw (DC 14 or it takes 2d8 lightning or thunder damage (your choice), half damage on success).Wrath of the Storm: Remaining: 2/3 (per Long Rest) | Channel Divinity, twice per short rest, 2/2] Destroy Undead or Destructive Wrath. Divine Domain Feature: Thunderbolt Strike - At 6th level, when you deal lightning damage to a Large or smaller creature, you can also push it up to 10 feet away from you. Siren Spells Once Per Long Rest: Create or Destroy Water, Water Walk | Other Stuff/Notes: [color=magenta][b][tt=Kissed by Creativity - Last one spent. No more left. [hr][/hr]Magic Items Prayer Beads: (1) Wind Walking, (1) Smiting, (2) Cure Wounds (2nd level) or Lesser Restoration, (1) Blessing Potions: Polymorph (1)

Actions & Movement   Turn Summary Initiative: Move: Following Nithe Reaction: Action: Take gift bauble from Nithe and keep attentive to Bingle's well-being and the surroundings. Perception roll of 12. Bonus Action: Conditions: Concentrating: Object Interaction: Wanna eat a pink snail. Other: 93 on the D100 Lost of the Eel Dragon's STUFF

[ptwiddle]

Fela's fealty It is not—possible. For me to leave the Ant Trap. -- POZZIK! Fela studies Vorn while Pozzik starts the vows. Not possible for him to leave. Is this familiar obligation, or something deeper -- all this powerful magic, is Vorn tied to it somehow? Maybe it's to avoid thinking about what she's about to do, about the gaping void where he stomach used to be. She feels outside herself, like she's watching this all unfold from over Vorn's shoulder, not experiencing it in the moment so much as imagining herself remembering it, regretting it, sometime in the future when everything's ruined and broken and she's trying to pinpoint exactly where things went wrong. She's pretty sure Vorn feels something positive for this dragon, and that he tells the truth that it's not evil. So she doesn't feel that it's intrinsically wrong to make this vow, or she wouldn't be fishing in her armor, pulling her amulet out, feeling the warm stone in her fist. But she's still doubtful, dreading. First, she doesn't understand Vorn at all, what guides him, what constrains him, what he loves, what he hates. He feels something for the dragon, yes -- but Fela doesn't even understand her own feelings, toward Briony, toward Innovation -- Vorn's feeling for this dragon is abstract and mysterious and alien -- it makes her feel like she's dealing with the Fey again. And it all seems so -- transactional. Commercial. Saliber is pure and noble and above such things and making a vow to Her in exchange for, what -- A boat? A crew? -- is sullying her name. She pauses awkwardly long before repeating Pozzik's first phrase, closes her eyes. Forgive me, Saliber, for dragging Your name into this, but down here in the depths, alone and so far from you, it seems the best way forward, to serve Your interest. She tries not to dwell on the words as she repeats them, but thinks about Falco, so steadfast and naturally good, finally getting his ship back, about Tempest and Vorn seeing something in this dragon, valuing it even if she struggles to herself, about doing what she can to stop the Eye.

Actions, etc. Dice insight check on Vorn -- why can't he leave?: d20-1 (4)-1 Total = 3 Aura of Protection: +4 to saves for Fela and any friendlies within 10'   CHARACTER SHEET HP: 52/52 AC:In Chain Mail, with/without Shield16 or 18 Spells: Fey-Touched: Charm: 1/Per Long Rest1 | Misty Step: 0/Per Long Rest1 Level 1: 2/4 Prepared: Alarm, Bless, Charm Person, Command, Compelled Duel, Detect Magic, Divine Favor Level 2: 1/2 Prepared: Locate Object, Misty Step, Moonbeam, Prayer of Healing, See Invisibility, Zone of Truth Lay on Hands: 30/Per Long Rest30 As an action, you can detect good and evil. Until the end of your next turn, you can sense anything affected by the hallow spell or know the location of any celestial, fiend, undead within 60 ft. that is not behind total cover.Divine Sense: 2/Per Long Rest5 Channel Divinity: 1/Per Short Rest1 You can use your Channel Divinity to invest your presence with the warding power of your faith. As an action, you can choose a number of creatures you can see within 30 feet of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one creature). For 1 minute, you and the chosen creatures have advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.Watcher’s Will You can use your Channel Divinity to castigate unworldly beings. As an action, you present your holy symbol and each aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend within 30 feet of you that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage. A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly end its move in a space within 30 feet of you. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can take the Dodge action.Abjure the Extraplanar You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your spells. As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level of which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus (rounded up). The number of times you can use this feature is based on the level you’ve reached in this class: 3rd level, once; 7th level, twice; and 15th level, thrice. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.Harness Divine Power Attuned: Shield of Missile Attraction DM Inspiration: Vorn is a horse-girlYES Heal Potions: 1, from Tumble Carrying: Drunkard’s map, 1x Nyssa's Can keep watch all long restWatchdogwood Petals, 1x Granny Peth's Beast Befriender's Fluid, Shield of Missile Attraction, +1 Springer Sword Pearl's calling card, Make a ranged attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d8 poison damage and must make a DC14 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it is also poisoned. It can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns.Dragon gas bomb, Turtle Distractimal Ricardt, the Retainer: HP: 12/12 AC: 10 Hide+10 Maude, the Marsh Tacky: HP: 13/13 DC 16 Animal Handling check, once per dayLoyalty checks (here)1/3

[Fillyjonk]

Together Fela if you feel it as a weight, it is one directly pulled from off his shoulders. As soon as the vow is done, he looks a century younger, all obliging smiles and relief. You cannot understand him. Family obligation? That, you get, but he seems to hate his mother. He is not driven by loyalty or love to serve her. What are you missing here, blunt instrument? Is it cultural, so that you simply cannot understand it? He smiles at you, his red eyes lightening to a pale, fine pink, and you get the alarming feeling that if there wasn’t a ten foot high dais and multiple steps and two super protective robotic spiders and an extremely cluttered circular desk in between you, Vorn might try to hug you. (His head would come up to your boobs. If he was on tiptoe.) Extremely cluttered desk, BTD. Weirdly cluttered. You don’t know about the cleaner fish happening below you in the dark part of the Glimmersea, but you see a frayed stick and a copper cup used to dental hygiene, and his sandwich remains, and reference books, and many banks of controls, and a novel, and scattered spell components and tools and reagents and small potions, and a hairbrush, and a dish for burning cones of incense, and a spilled bag of dead mice. Treats for Nithe? He says, Oh. One more thing. Of course there is one more thing. You understand my creature will fight to stay, if it knows what is to happen? Better to say nothing. I will make it sleep, and constrain it, and load it onto your ship along with all its things; by the time it wakes, it be in the uplands, and finally, finally safe. It may be...fussy. At first. Do not hurt it or help it return, as you have sworn, and all will be well. Eventually. Bingle, the bubble is obliging. You can peel it back from your face briefly and hold your breath and open your mouth and get a lovely cleaning in spurts. Your teeth have not felt so sparkling since you left the village where Bongle’s patented mint-salt-silt mixture and a twig did wonders. Nithe is rooting about for a trinket in his careless pile of - well, look. He is a baby, and Vorn is a canny business man. You understand this pre-teen’s dragon-treasures are, for the most part, like the Siren’s. Clever, pretty, Fun, Interesting. Not powerful or worth a lot of coin. Teh good siht, Vorn takes to pacify his mother. But when you ask about Polymorph, Nithe stops rooting about and throws whatever bit of junk he was about to toss your way aside. He says, We can’t go touring out from under the Ant Trap. We’ll be murdered and eated, maybe not in that order, and Vorn will be SO mad. But. Would you like this? His voice under the water is very loud and gurgle-y He hands you a rectangle wrapped and sealed in oilcloth. He tells you it is a book, Animal Life of the Underdark, with explanations and scientific illustrations. Banx would lose his MIND. But he thinks that, given this book and some study, you could use any form in it. Probably? Tempe, the dragon says, quite affronted, You want to eat JENNIFER? but then he chortles and snorks and says, Ha ha, no, help yourself. You realize all over again how young he is. PS, Jennifer is delicious. After he gives Bingle the book, he doesn’t do a Rando-Rummage for you either. He looks at you, sly. Ithil’Vorn, you know this words? You speak elvish. You know , of course, that Ithil is moon, and Vorn is the absence of light. Ithil’Vorn means Dark Moon, or more correctly Worthless Moon. You have all been calling him, The Worthless Lord. He switches to Aquaan and says for you alone, I took the necklace of the Ithil’mírë. BAD TO DO, but I was a child, and the beauty called me. Poor Miri, what use has her corpse for a necklace? Lord Vorn thinks that the locket is as lost as she is, and to even see it will break his heart. Youtake it, Sea Queen, ruled only by the tides in the above. Take it UP and FAR, forever this will be our secret! He has not thought of the locket these twenty years, and if he learns I have it—DRAGON SOUP! Ithil’mírë, (Or Miri) in Elvish, means “treasure of the moon.” What Nithe gives you is a locket. There is no moon here, so any moon-treasure is especially rare. You know from experience that if you open a locket under, salt and wet can ruin whatever is inside. But…it has hinges. It could be opened. He calls! Let us go! Nithe says, though you and Bingle heard NOTHING. He hustles and hurries, urging you back up the tube to the control room. Falco, it is the work of a moment for a golden spider to drop from the ceiling, snatch the dark-sick, hungry half-elf, and wrap him in so much “silk” he appears to be a burrito with half-elf filling spilling out the ends in the form of dirty bare feet and a hollow-eyed head that has never known the gentle touch of a cleaner fish upon his greenish chipped toothages. Gary Gonme says, I’ll have him put on the clipper for you. Your paladin played ball, and a deal is struck. How does he know? Well, he knows. The spider trundles off into the darkness with your “treasure,” that Gary says is Nilril, 38 years old, with a red feather tattooed on his second toe, right foot, in the seam where it sits beside his big one. Once on the clipper, you can ask the burrito anything you like. He takes you back to what you have come to think of as the control room where your paladin is strung taut as a wire, but Lord Vorn seems—different. Is he…smiling? A weight has come off of the horse girl, that is certain. The crew is “Gary and three of the small spiders, two winders and a hub.” The clipper is in the “Underharbor” and when you are ready, he will shut down The Ant Trap and let you sail out. He says, Do you want to bring your other ship down before I close the funnel? I’ll care for yours, but it will be expensive to lift it back. Five thousand. Party, he says, If there is nothing else we need to hammer out, go with Gary to the clipper andmay your gods speed your way. I would offer— If you want to leave one of your wizards here (I prefer the warlock, but I will take either) it will be safe, I swear it on Fela’s god. There is much to interest a studious wizard here, and I have spellwork for it in exchange for access to my books, and should you all die and sink my clipper in this attempt, then in ten days, I swear to send it with my creature back up to your ship, to complete Fela’s part of the bargain. Or send it with your ship, for free, should you all die. Not necessary, not a demand, but an offer that benefits us both.

OOC NICE ROLL PLAID! cheerio, the book, if you accept it, will open up any Underdark animal to your Polymorph. All official animals, and for homebrew things you find, that will be at my discretion. I may just say, SURE, or I may have you roll percentage dice to see how close you get. PARTY, if any of you want another round here, discuss it and take it, that is FINE, OR, if you want to go, the clipper awaits and you can ust head out. Make sure you close down anything you want to close before you go, You may for example, ask a question, and you will get an answer, but you cannot continue past that if you go. If you ARE ready to go, I need a survival check from someone, flat. Just flat. You WILL get there, this roll just informs how and how long. Please be on the same page. If one goes, you all go.

[lostcheerio]

Bingle Curiosa Wildwander, Forest Gnome Wizard/Warlock She thanks Nithe and Tempest. So much. Everything she saw that was small she will remember now and forever. The big things she will blur over because it’s too intense for right now. Maybe she will remember it at some point. As much as Bingle does not want to stay here, she also doesn’t want to leave Banx. Why does Vorn want one of Falco’s wizards? What is he going to do with her if she stays? She shows Banx the book she got and says someday he too will probably be able to Polymorph, so they should really study it together! They could be two deep horrors seeping out from under a river rock to give Bongle heart failure. “I’ll stay if you don’t want to,” she says tragically. “Or if you want to stay and when I die alone in the bottom of the underdark you can be the one to go tell the nuns about it, Vron said. That’ll be nice for you, when I’m dead of pirates, to go and tell everyone. And you won’t even be able to tell everyone while polymorphed into a three-toed jellyflorp because I have the book!” To Lord Vorn she bows respectfully and asks, “Do you ever receive guests here, of a non-merch and non-customer nature? We have a dear friend who — kind of reminds me of you. He’s very under, and rather dark. I hope you won’t think I am being too familiar if I say that I think you both would like each other so much. He also likes to smoke for example. If you were interested in a friendship, you could maybe send him a pack of your smokes, as a way of saying hello, and I could tel him about you, and do a sending back to you when I see him next.” She extracts Harlan from Pozzik. She says goodbye to Banx, saying she will Send to him if she can. ETA: While Falco talks about Xolec, Bingle will Minor Illusion as flattering a picture of the vapmire that she can, and then Prestidigitation a few nice breaths of smoke so he will smell right.

ۜ\(סּںסּَ` )/ۜ   OOC: I want this so bad. Initiative: Saving Throw: Move: Action: Dice Roll: d20+1 (7)+1 Total = 8 Dice With Falco's Help: d20+1 (12)+1 Total = 13 Bonus Action: Reaction: Free Action: Concentrating: Harlan's Action: Come with, unlike some people.

ۜ\(ಠ_ಠ)/ۜ   Bingle Wildwander Forest Gnome Wizard 5, School of Transmutation. Warlock 1, Pact of the Fiend. Folk Hero Att Mod Save Str 11 +0 +0 Dex 11 +0 +0 Con 14 +2 +2 Int 18 +4 +7 Wis 12 +1 +4 Cha 12 +1 +1 Adv vs. Magic for INT, WIS, CHA Sheet Passive Per. 11 Passive Inv. 17 Passive Ins. 14 HP 39/39 AC (13 MA) 10 Inspiration No Heal Potions 1 Initiative +0 Pro Bonus +3 Walking Speed 25 Defenses None Wiz DC/Att 15/+7 War DC/Att 12/+4 Spell Slots 1st:3/4 Pact 1/1 2nd:2/3 3rd:1/2 Cantrips Create Bonfire Dancing Lights Mage Hand Message Minor Illusion Eldritch Blast Prestidigitation Spells: 1 Find Familiar (Rit) 1 Identify (Rit) 1 Mage Armor 1 Magic Missile 1 T's Floating D (Rit) 1 Hex (BA) 1 Hellish Rebuke (Rea) 2 Alter Self 2 Invisibility 2 Misty Step 2 Max's Earthen Grasp 2 Magic Mouth (Rit) 3 Animate Dead 3 Haste 3 Fly 3 Tiny Hut (Rit) 3 Water Breathe (Rit) Key Skills ⦿Animal Handling +4 Arcana +4 Deception +1 History +4 ⦿Insight +4 Intimidation +1 ⦿Investigation +7 Medicine +1 Nature +4 Perception +1 Performance +1 Persuasion +1 Religion +4 ⦿Survival +4 Wizard Features [ ] Arcane Recovery Minor Alchemy Warlock Features Pact Patron: Glasya When you reduce a hostile creature to 0 HP, you gain 2 temp HP.Dark One's Blessing Mask of Many Faces Gnome Features Darkvision You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.Gnome Cunning You can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts.Speak with Small Beasts Languages Common Gnomish Money 6 copper 12 silver 511 gold 13 plat 3 mixed coin Carrying Gas Bomb 2 Oil of Slipperiness Attuned Ring of Wild Fey Magic

[AnotherDragoon]

Next, th' Starless Sea Falco had t' admit, Vorn's spiders were quick, efficient, an' handy. He were still glad he didn't get wrapped up like that half-elf, Nilril, though. Gary seemed t' know it were time t' go so he went back thinkin' 'bout what he'd ask o' th' red feather besides when were th' last time he seen Cinderrabbit. An' then what, would they jus' free 'im? Seemed unlikely. Luckily, he didn't have t' think too much 'bout it. Gary were offerin' t' bring th' Wailin' Maiden down. "Aye, it's a good idea t' be sure but, I'll need t' talk t' me friends an' consider our crew. They ain't like 'em red feathers. They be used t' a bit gentler treatment," he replied t' Gary. "I do want t' see th' clipper after makin' a plan with me friends, get a feel fer her." In th' control room, it looked like Fela were uncomfortable, Vorn seemed almost happy, an' Bingle had went fer a swim with tempest 'n' th' eel dragon. Not bad, that must mean an agreement had been made. Good business. "I think I picked a ripe one," Falco declared before addin', "I think it'd be safest t' bring th' Wailin' Maiden down. I don't know if th' crew will like it but with th' war an' pirates out there, this is a better bet." Falco were about t' leave when he caught what Bingle were floatin'. It did seem t' be a perfect match if'n there were such a thing. Both with their brooding tragedy an' love fer a good story. "Oh, Xolec would love bein' down here where th' sun don't ever shine. He also loves stories 'bout as much as a good smoke. An' I'd recon with th' immortality he's collected a fair heap o' 'em. He do have a darkly charmin' way 'bout 'im too. Tragically cursed too, I'm sure he'd like an invite t' come in an' trade information or stories." Honestly, this Ant Trap seems like somethin' outta th' vampire's dreams. If ever'thing is settled, or near enough, Falco will find Gary an' check out th' captive in th' clipper.

Mechanics Drink Counter: 0/3     Saving Throws: Free Action: Move: Action: Help Bingle talk up Xolec to Vorn Reaction: Bonus Action: Condition: Cosmic Omen: Woe X2, Concentrating:   Halfling︱Druid Falco Goldenbairn HP: 45/45 AC: 12 Spells: DC: 15 Level 1: [ ][ ][ ][ ] Level 2: [X][X][ ] Level 3: [ ][ ] Wild Shape: [X][ ] Attuned: House's Whistle, Moon Sickle DM Inspiration: None Potions: 1 bottle of Granny Peth’s Nervous Drops, 1 2d4+2 HPPotion of Healing, 4 Potions of Alter Self (8 hours) Carrying for party: A simple wooden band that appears to be entwined by evergreen ivy vines. The top is decorated with a small rose petal, which remains bloomed and perfect until the ring's effect is used. The petal may be expended to heal a target the wearer can touch by 2d4+2 hit points. Once used, the rose petal wilts and falls off the ring, but each day at dawn the petal blooms and can be used again. It doesn’t require attunement.Band of the Dryad ; One letter stamped with a stargazing rabbit; one paper with signal notes; 1,223 gold, 30 silver, and 6 copper; a Hag's purse, a red velvet rat-pouch; 1 chairfart; Pipe of Rememberence, House's Whistle, 1 green diamond worth about 300 gold, 1 red feather pendant, 1 temporary red feather tattoo (3 days), 1 Dragon Gas Bomb, Kreb's keyring, a small wooden box with a portable hole, a letter, a pair of Dimensional Shackles, 1 Good for use intown or swamp, single use on a monster or NPC targeted creature will follow the Distractimal away in the direction you specify for d6 rounds. This effect is broken if the creature is harmed by the party. Multiple creatures in a room may be targeted and will spend 1 round gathered around it questioning, allowing you to sneak past a doorway or cavern entrance with no stealth roll.Beetle Distractimal   Recipes known (Herbalism): Potion Ingredient When you expend hit dice to recover hit points while using this salve, you recover an additional 3 hit points for each hit die expended. This effect lasts for 1 hour after applied.Soothing Salve Sourgrass You regain 2d4 + 2 hit points when you drink this potion. The potion's red liquid glimmers when agitated. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs.Potion of Healing Red Amanita Mushroom A creature that drinks this vial of liquid gains advantage on saving throws against poison for 1 hour. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs.Antitoxin Rowan Berries   Ingredients carried: 2 Red Amanita Mushrooms Herbalist advantage on the following checks: * Your knowledge of nature and uses of herbs can add insight to your magical studies that deal with plant creatures and your attempts to identify potions.Arcana * When you inspect an area overgrown with plants, your proficiency bonus can help you pick out details and clues that others might miss.Investigation * Your mastery of herbalism improves your ability to treat illnesses and wounds by augmenting your methods of care with medicinal plants.Medicine * You can identify most plants with a quick inspection of their appearance, smell, and their surrounding environment.Nature and Survival

[PlaidPeregrine]

Tempest, Adventurer Tempest's eyes grew wide when the locket, the Ithil’mírë necklace, was handed to her with such flattering words from Nithe. She wondered what had happened with Vorn, and frowned at the thought his heart would be broken if he knew of its existence. "I will honor it, Nithe, and our secret will be kept. One day, if you decide to go up above to be under the Sun and are able to find me, we will hunt all the beautiful things and you can keep what calls to you. They are few and far between." His tantrum, flattery, and his joking did reflect a young age for an eel dragon. With only old old Vorn to speak with, the eel dragon could actually be enjoying their company. When has he had such pleasant visitors - a Siren and a Gnome to say the least! Tempest sucked the snail-named-Jennifer out of her shell, then snatched another one she found. Reaching back, she handed the pink shells to Bingle thinking she may not enjoy this delicacy. Afterall, Gnomes liked sweets, at least the label on her jar of Gnomish gummies explained this in its citrus glory. A snail was squishy, but probably not exactly the sort of treat surface people regularly enjoyed. Taking care to keep Bingle close and safe when returning to the tank, the Siren rose up and helped lower her from the edge. With a playful flick of her tail at Nithe, she regained her legs as she rose upwards. "A delightful swim, Vorn. Nithe was the perfect guide. Even without the sun's touch, the Glimmersea was beautiful to behold." Tempest, having been out of the water for so long with all of the stair-walking, is in much better spirits now that she had her time in the magnificent sea. "Jellyflorps outside of their crevices can be a bad omen. I've seen one eat a whole yellow-spotted stingray before in two gulps." Tempest commented with a smirked smile, standing near the tank now while she dripped a bit of a puddle by her feet. As the Siren squeezed water out from the ends of her long blue hair, she listened to Falco and said. "When I spoke with Briony not too long ago, she knew not to bring the ship anywhere near the whirlpool, and that it meant to be a trap for unlucky others. Would they not fight, Falco Starsinger, if they were taken? I told her we were fine, but others who end up here…do not fare as well." This was a sensible warning in Tempest's opinion, and was sure that Vorn would see it as honest at least. She tilted her head, and let her gaze fall on Falco, giving him a concerned smile. "Captain, I'm ready to take the wheel, or work the rigging as soon as we're on the ship."

Stat Block   Tempest Chaotic Good | Siren | Tempest Cleric of Aerdrie Faenya | Level 6 HP: 45/45 | AC (15) with Shield (17) Initiative: +1 | Darkvision | Acid Resistance Weapons: +5 to Hit / Damage: 1d6+2 (1 handed or thrown) or 1d8+2 (2 handed)Trident +1 | +4 Attack / 1d4+1 DamageDagger | (3/3)+4 Attack / Damage: 1d6+1 Damage)Javelins Spells: +3 Modifier | Spell Attack +6 | Save DC 14 Level 1 Left: 4/4 | Level 2 Left: 1/3 | Level 3 Left: 1/3 Cleric Spells Cast: Gust of Wind (Lvl 2), Water Walk (ritual), Spiritual Guardians (3rd), Spiritual Weapon (2nd), Sending (3rd) Cantrips: Acid Splash, Mending, Spare the Dying, Toll the Dead, Word of Radiance Divine Tempest Magic: When a creature within 5 ft. that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to cause the creature to make a DEX saving throw (DC 14 or it takes 2d8 lightning or thunder damage (your choice), half damage on success).Wrath of the Storm: Remaining: 2/3 (per Long Rest) | Channel Divinity, twice per short rest, 2/2] Destroy Undead or Destructive Wrath. Divine Domain Feature: Thunderbolt Strike - At 6th level, when you deal lightning damage to a Large or smaller creature, you can also push it up to 10 feet away from you. Siren Spells Once Per Long Rest: Create or Destroy Water, Water Walk | Other Stuff/Notes: Items Obtained   Magic Items Prayer Beads: (1) Wind Walking, (1) Smiting, (2) Cure Wounds (2nd level) or Lesser Restoration, (1) Blessing Necklace of the Ithil’mírë (Locket): From Nithe Potions: Polymorph (1)

Actions & Movement   Turn Summary Initiative: Move: Reaction: Action: Bonus Action: Conditions: Concentrating: Object Interaction: Other:

[ptwiddle]

Fela, friendly If Fela stoops slightly, it''s not that her new vow is that heavy. Though she's the one who swore it, she's counting on help holding her end up. It's Falco's ship, Tempest had been drawn to Nithe from the start, and Bingle -- innocent evil Bingle was impossible to predict, but resettling a monstrous thing seemed right up her alley. It's more that to make it fit she has to rearrange all the other Duties and Obligations in her pack to make this new one fit, bringing her mind back to just how heavy they were, jostling everything so the straps dig into flesh that hadn't already gone numb. The Watchers, the war, her brother; the Eye and Nexa Banishae. Templetome, Saltmarsh, the Fey -- with at least three whole worlds of trouble already on her back, what's babysitting an eel dragon? The something else doesn't surprise her at all. "Of course. Hopefully Tempest is forming a bond with Ni- It as we speak, and will be a better position to calm it." It's more than a bit awkward, waiting for others to return. The vow had been sworn and it felt like she should be riding off to fulfil it, but they were still together, like saying goodbye to a friend only for you both to head down the same street. It doesn't help that all Fela's attempts to understand Vorn had failed miserably. But he seemed cheerier now that Nithe was tombe looked after, and so Fela casts around for something to talk about and finds it in the varied detritus all around them. "So, uh, you're really wedded to your workshop, huh?" gesturing at the mess. "Noticed you served us tea right here instead of withdrawing to a sitting room. I understand the feeling; barracks feel more like home than the manor." There was truth in it, but not the whole truth -- the formality of being a soldier did fit Fela much better than the formality of being a noble. But her private chambers -- feather bed and hot baths and chocolate were vastly preferable to the bunk room. Having the others back comes as a relief, even if they are up to some shenanigans she doesn't quiet understand. [Say]Though it may not be covered in the letter of the vow, I feel I'd be breaking the spirit of it if I didn't make explicit that this Xolec they're talking about is a vampire...[\say] She bites her lip and scrunches up her face talking about the ship. Though the ship itself is the least of her concern, it's current captain is rather higher up her list. Briony would be happier staying on the water, she's sure, but Fela would be happier with her here, safer. Though the 5k largely seems moot as she's rather sell the ship, she has to quash some made vision of gifting the boat to Briony, seeing her light up and wrap her arms around Fela and... But she wouldn't forgive herself if something happened to her. "Safer here, yes. Can we message them to explain what's going to happen? And I'll leave a letter for Briony...this hot behind your ship we can't spare the time to wait for them..." Fela clears a space to write, and in her hurry says more than she'd dare but less than she feels. awwww Briony, Darling. Beside myself that I can't wait to tell you this in person. Falco's ship is on the Sunless Sea, we've made a deal with Vorn to let us chase it. I can't understand him, but he seems better than his mom and should protect you, so it's safer for you and the crew down here than on the surface. We'll be back before you know it. Yours, all yours, Fela P.S. An important question to keep you occupied: where's a good, safe, deserted place to resettle an eel dragon?

Actions, etc. Dice straight charisma to make Vorn at ease.: d20+4 (17)+4 Total = 21 Aura of Protection: +4 to saves for Fela and any friendlies within 10'   CHARACTER SHEET HP: 52/52 AC:In Chain Mail, with/without Shield16 or 18 Spells: Fey-Touched: Charm: 1/Per Long Rest1 | Misty Step: 0/Per Long Rest1 Level 1: 2/4 Prepared: Alarm, Bless, Charm Person, Command, Compelled Duel, Detect Magic, Divine Favor Level 2: 1/2 Prepared: Locate Object, Misty Step, Moonbeam, Prayer of Healing, See Invisibility, Zone of Truth Lay on Hands: 30/Per Long Rest30 As an action, you can detect good and evil. Until the end of your next turn, you can sense anything affected by the hallow spell or know the location of any celestial, fiend, undead within 60 ft. that is not behind total cover.Divine Sense: 2/Per Long Rest5 Channel Divinity: 1/Per Short Rest1 You can use your Channel Divinity to invest your presence with the warding power of your faith. As an action, you can choose a number of creatures you can see within 30 feet of you, up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one creature). For 1 minute, you and the chosen creatures have advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.Watcher’s Will You can use your Channel Divinity to castigate unworldly beings. As an action, you present your holy symbol and each aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, or fiend within 30 feet of you that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is turned for 1 minute or until it takes damage. A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly end its move in a space within 30 feet of you. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can take the Dodge action.Abjure the Extraplanar You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your spells. As a bonus action, you touch your holy symbol, utter a prayer, and regain one expended spell slot, the level of which can be no higher than half your proficiency bonus (rounded up). The number of times you can use this feature is based on the level you’ve reached in this class: 3rd level, once; 7th level, twice; and 15th level, thrice. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.Harness Divine Power Attuned: Shield of Missile Attraction DM Inspiration: Vorn is a horse-girlYES Heal Potions: 1, from Tumble Carrying: Drunkard’s map, 1x Nyssa's Can keep watch all long restWatchdogwood Petals, 1x Granny Peth's Beast Befriender's Fluid, Shield of Missile Attraction, +1 Springer Sword Pearl's calling card, Make a ranged attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 3d8 poison damage and must make a DC14 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it is also poisoned. It can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns.Dragon gas bomb, Turtle Distractimal Ricardt, the Retainer: HP: 12/12 AC: 10 Hide+10 Maude, the Marsh Tacky: HP: 13/13 DC 16 Animal Handling check, once per dayLoyalty checks (here)1/3

[Fillyjonk]

UNDERDARK Fela, Vorn laughs, but it is a bitter sound. Wedded. Not even Finn could get such a dark spin on the word! But you can be so damn charming when you want to be. Right now, you want to be. He shakes away the bitterness and says, in a more wistful tone, The Ant Trap has no sitting room. I do miss the niceties, I'll confess. My mother's stronghold has a beautiful view of the harbor, the ship lights against the backdrop of the wide black sea like stars in your night sky. Not that I've seen your sky, but my father was an artist; I saw his renderings. Still, my life is not without its comforts, and I am pleased to offer you what hospitality I have. Pozzik is an excellent chef. Excellent. And my wine cellar is extensive. If you are amenable, he will have Pozzik bring you a plate of rich cheese with tart berries in honey and little flatbreads with a glass of deep red wine. The wine is strange and earthy on your tongue, but pleasing. The goblet itself is a work of art, so much so that it is not comfortable to hold. Now the others are returning. Vorn has no way to message your ship, but Tempest can, if she is willing. Vorn wants to add a section to your note that says: Fela has sworn holy vows to take Vorn's creature to the surface world and be kind to it and never help it return to the below and let it settle in a safe place where it may find joy. In a fortnight, should the Wailing Maiden not return, all shall be presumed dead, and Briony Saltwind shall take up this vow in exchange for the free transport of one ship back to the surface as well as the kind hospitality offered her and hers while they wait. If you will sign off on this -- Tempest, he will turn to you and say, Siren, tell your ship Capatin, this Briony, to sail in close, and let the Ant Trap take it, with all aboard up on the deck. Safest that way. The fall can be exhilarating, or so I have been told, if you know it is not fatal. The eel dragon, who laughed merrily at your imagined life for him above, and who is pleased that you have tucked the locket away for now and agreed to keep the secret, stays in the tank, his chin hooked over the edge to listen in as final arrangements are made. You are ready to depart. The clipper will be easy to sail with Gary riding one and controlling two spiders, Vorn says. They can crew it alone, although... Once away from the Ant Trap, the spiders must be worked manually from the lead spider. They are not as nimble are they are here, so protect Gary. Without him, they are hunks of metal. Bingle, if the ship is coming down, Vorn is less adamant about keeping back a wizard. It is insurance, you see, that Fela's vow will be kept should you all die attempting to retrieve the Dusk Maiden. The wizard will also do a lot of Gary Gonme's jobs and learn to run the spiders. Banx is pretty keen. When you berate him for this keeness and prognosticate your sad demise, he laughs. Show me the pirate that can take you down. Show me the fifty of 'em, even. But he is an amenable sort, and sailing the Glimmersea is also quite an experience. If you press even a little, he will go with you. Meanwhile, you are launching a 'ship of your own, or trying to, between two darkly charming and long-lived pretty boys, each Tarpped in their own way. You get zero traction. In fact, he sees through you, and he smiles. I am not a being who -- requires companionship. I have little to offer. He isn't sure you get it. (You do not get it.) Sexually, he explicits explicitly. Falco, you are a Hin of 16 passivehigh passive perception, but it isn't until you are striding back into the control room with Gary that it strikes you that Vorn said you could have your pick of the pirates in Pen #2. You went down a hall with nine locked doors. And the one full of pirates was on the end. Shouldn't that have been Pen #9? Or #1? How is that Pen #2? Vorn immediately asks about the pipe of remembrance, however. He wants to know how it works. If you explain it, he loses interest. A shame. I hoped it told stories; I had no heroic moments in my youth I wish to see unfolded, and my static life here would not be an interesting smoke. Perhaps...Perhaps you might leave it with the wizard or the warlock, if they stay, or with tyhe most intrepid member of your crew, should they come down? Someone who has had adventures worth the watch. Your crew? Well. Maybe your Chef? Whaling tales. Maybe Sister. But her adventures, you gather, were the sort of thing he just said he had no interest in -- well, you try to give Bingle's 'ship a little headwind, anyway. His sails do not move or fill. Gary will take you to the clipper now. He says Pozzik and the Spiders can handle the Wailing Maiden, should she come down, but this must be after you go, as Vorn must shut the trap down to allow you to leave. Closing the funnel requires a great deal fo concentration and somatic movements and wheeling around inside the confines of his large round desk. A roaring so intrinsic to the last hours that it has become auditorily invisible stops. The funnel is off. Gary and his Hand Spider take you back to the stairs. The clipper is UP, from the control room, which seems to be deep in the spongy island, underwater. Up many turns, you find another of those doors hidden under the stairs no landing. You step outside the Ant Trap. It is an island, crescent shaped, and you are in the moon’s top tip. The hollow space is a shallow harbor holding three ships. The smallest is the one you go to, joined by two spiders who scuttle aboard and begin prepping the rigging. Your pet pirate is hung from the mast, dangling head up in his "silk" bundle. Fela, Pozzik will take the party to the clipper via Spider, when you are ready to go, but your honest heart cannot rest without giving Vorn the heads up that that Xo is a vampire. He looks at you, long and level, and then he nods. Bingle, he turns to you, plucks up something from beside his lunch tray, and tosses it to you. It is an intricate silver cigarette case. Inside, if you look, are ten long slim cigarillos, home-wrapped in violet paper. Alright, Warlock. If your friend wishes to visit, have him bring this, and spare my spiders the fight. If he shows it, they will escort him nicely. If he---has no interest, give him the smokes with my compliments. The case, however, give that to my creature, to remember me by. Later. When it is not so angry that it hurls the gift into the sea. It may start to miss me. One day. Tempest, the silver-work. It is very similar to your hinged locket. Ithil’mírë. A silver tree, split at the base to form two trees that cup aroudn a scene. But where the locket shows a moon and what is perhaps a strange city under? The split tree here cups only darkness. Bingle, you saw the locket. The similarity strikes you as well.

OOC This is small sleek clipper with a hold. NO rooms. Hammocks strung below, no kitchen but a storage room with hard tack pickled limes and biscuits.